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What is biomedicine?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is biomedicine?

...class women in mothering skills. Germ theory reinforced the official attack on personal filth—spitting, lice, scabies, dirty bodies—but provided no commentary on the social conditions which made such problems widespread in poorer districts. Germ theory and laboratory science remain important today as doctors rely more and more on laboratory testing to help them...
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Horror and politics
History & The Arts

Horror and politics

...classes in the early nineteenth century. So how, if at all, does Gothic engage with this side of the story? Russell’s primary interest is very much in the proto-horror potential of the foundations of the Frankenstein myth. But is there room also for politics in amongst his sinister concoction? Or has the radical philosophy that was so much a part of the protagonists’...
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Shifting notions of trauma-informed practice: from the individual to the organisation
Society, Politics & Law

Shifting notions of trauma-informed practice: from the individual to the organisation

...class. The outcome of this understanding is that practitioners and organisations create a supportive and understanding environment that empowers individuals to thrive. The principles of TI practice include safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration and empowerment. These principles, that in ways align with those of organisational justice, are applied by workplaces to...
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Social mobility isn’t just about 18-year-olds: adults need life chances too
Society, Politics & Law

Social mobility isn’t just about 18-year-olds: adults need life chances too

...class honours degree). For example, last year students from neighbourhoods with the lowest higher education participation rate were 11% less likely to achieve a good degree than those from areas with the highest participation. Mature students are also 11% less likely than younger students to gain a good degree, and part-time students are 18% less likely than full-timers....
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Catalan resurgent: how a language has gone from ban to boom
Languages

Catalan resurgent: how a language has gone from ban to boom

...class Catalans began to start speaking more Spanish. At the same time, between one and two million people from the south of Spain moved into Catalonia after the 1950s. These migrants were sometimes prejudiced against the Catalan language, not least because many of them did not even know about its existence before coming to Catalonia. Some felt no need to learn Catalan....
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Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing

...classes and choirs – is known as social prescribing. Music-based activities may be prescribed to help support patients’ mental health, combat isolation, encourage physical activity, and keep an active brain. While social prescribing is a relatively new practice, the use of music as a therapeutic tool is not. The first widespread use of music as a therapeutic tool can...
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Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America

...class. They especially resented having to pay so-called tithes, a form of taxation, for the upkeep of the established Anglican church (Dwyer-Ryan, 2013, p. 98). Most Presbyterians, because they did not own the land they farmed, were also excluded from Irish political life. Poor economic conditions, especially in the first half of the eighteenth century in Ireland, also...
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Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?
Languages

Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?

...class and context. Depending on where you are from in the UK, you may be ‘very pleased’, ‘well-chuffed’, ‘made-up’, or ‘buzzing’ about these differences. You may speak SE in different accents too; with Received Pronunciation, a Cockney accent, or a Bristolian twang. The importance of SE, however, cannot be denied, though its place at the top of the...
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